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Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 84-85

Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 84-85

An expanded commentary on Dharmarakshita’s The Wheel of Sharp Weapons given at Sravasti Abbey from 2004-2006.

  • Teaching the Dharma
  • Remaining aware of that we don’t know
  • Doubt and wrong views
  • The importance of a combination of study and practice
  • Attachment to views and opinions: getting our own way
  • What it means to be working for the benefit of others
  • The difference between loyalty and attachment

Wheel of Sharp Weapons (expanded): Verses 84-85 (download)

Venerable Thubten Chodron

Venerable Chodron emphasizes the practical application of Buddha’s teachings in our daily lives and is especially skilled at explaining them in ways easily understood and practiced by Westerners. She is well known for her warm, humorous, and lucid teachings. She was ordained as a Buddhist nun in 1977 by Kyabje Ling Rinpoche in Dharamsala, India, and in 1986 she received bhikshuni (full) ordination in Taiwan. Read her full bio.